A Woman Called Moses

A Woman Called Moses
Written by	Marcy Heidish (novel) Lonne Elder III (script)
Directed by	Paul Wendkos
Starring	Cicely Tyson
Narrated by	Orson Welles
Music by	Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Michael Jaffe Ike Jones
Cinematography	Robert B. Hauser
Editors	Stanley Frazen Frank Mazzola Elio Zarmati
Running time	240 minutes
Distributor	NBC
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	December 11–12, 1978

A Woman Called Moses is a 1978 American television miniseries based on the life of Harriet Tubman, the escaped African American slave who helped to organize the Underground Railroad, and who led dozens of African Americans from enslavement in the Southern United States to freedom in the Northern states and Canada.

Narrated by Orson Welles, the production was broadcast on the NBC television network on December 11 and 12, 1978. Tubman was portrayed by Cicely Tyson.

Music[]

The soundtrack music was by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and soul music composer/arranger/singer Van McCoy contributed some music to the series, which was featured on a soundtrack album released by MCA Records.^[1]

Cast[]

Video releases[]

The miniseries was first released on VHS on September 29, 1992, followed by a DVD release on February 3, 2001.

See also[]

• List of films featuring slavery
• The Quest for Freedom, 1992 film about Harriet Tubman
• Harriet, 2019 film about Tubman

References[]

External links[]

• A Woman Called Moses at IMDb
• A Woman Called Moses at AllMovie
• A Woman Called Moses at the TCM Movie Database

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